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Spencer (2011) argues for affect in anthropological field work and pedagogical training. Anthropologists and anthropological training should include more reflexive and embodied work. Spencer highlights how important affect and embodied experiences are for qualitative research, anthropology in particular. She provides five steps to improving the field of teaching and learning in anthropology. A more embodied and affective approach to anthropology only serves to enhance the research that comes out of the field.

“The transformations during anthropological fieldwork are affective experiences and the knowledge we gain and share in the field is affective as well as cognitive.